Tech Recommendations?

[davidgillon]

It's way past time I replaced my laptop (which is pushing 10yo and running XP) and my printer seems to have given up the ghost. Anyone got any (UK market) recommendations?

Laptop target spec: No more than £450, Windows, 1TB drive (I've been using a 750GB external drive, so I'm fairly confident 500GB isn't enough), 8GB RAM preferred, Touch-Screen heavily preferred for future-proofing (this is probably the difficult part of the spec, the number of touch-screens at this price-point seems to be going down, not up). Particularly looking for something with a good keyboard as it'll mostly be used for writing, not desperately fussed about processor power for same reason.

Printer target spec: No more than £50, wifi, ideally with reasonably priced ink! (I do so little printing I rarely seem to get decent use out of ink cartridges with the current Canon).

Comments

[davidgillon]

Good points. I hadn't actually looked at the HP website, just Dell (which had very little as far as I could see), and PC World, which had plenty at that price point, though the choice seemed to be 1Tb or Touch-screen, not both. Certainly looks like HP are potentially suitable. I've used HP desk-tops in the past, but not their laptops. ISTR PC World had a few HPs in, so I'll have a wander up on Monday and play with the keyboards to see if they suit.

The colour laser is an interesting option, particularly when you include ink/toner costs into the deal, I'll have to investigate more.

[thamesynne]

Happy hunting. ;)